Irrationality: The Enemy WithinThe many different reasons for irrational thinking and decisions are scrutinized in this book and the author makes his point by describing relevant experiments. He gives his views of the social and emotional causes of irrationality and the effects of our evolutionary history. |
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References to this book
Cognition and Emotion: From Order to Disorder Michael J. Power,Tim Dalgleish No preview available - 2008 |